
Antony Berthelote moves into new position at Salish Kootenai College
Antony Berthelote, a CREWS project lead at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), has recently moved into the new position of Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at SKC. This position, created to respond to student success needs, works with the current Vice President of Academics and Vice President of Business Affairs at SKC to unify multiple initiatives and future directions for the college. Berthelote was previously the only Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal STEM Ph.D.

CREWS Commercialization Intern Highlight: Alyson Welch
Meet Alyson Welch, a third-year undergraduate student at Montana State University and current CREWS innovation and commercialization intern.

MT Track-1 Concept Paper Solicitation
Announcement from the Montana University system soliciting 2-page concept papers proposing topics for the next NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 project for the state of Montana.

Montana NSF EPSCoR Celebrates Citizen Science Month
Citizen science connects scientists and everyday people to help accelerate research and discovery. It can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal and is a valuable way to engage the university community and have the public learn about, participate in, and contribute to science through both informal recreational activities and formal research efforts.

Libby Metcalf named inaugural Joel Meier Distinguished Professor of Wildland Recreation at University of Montana
Libby Metcalf, a CREWS project lead at the University of Montana working with the Natural Resource Social Science team, was named as the inaugural Joel Meier Distinguished Professor of Wildland Recreation in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. This honor recognizes Metcalf’s exceptional leadership and accomplishments in research, teaching, and service in and beyond the Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management arena.

Saying goodbye and best wishes to spectrUM's Hedi Casquilho-Gray
CREWS is saying a bittersweet farewell to our colleague Hedi Casquilho-Gray, who will be leaving her position at the University of Montana in June to begin a new career as a high school science teacher in Hawaii.

Postdoctoral researcher Rafael Feijo de Lima presents at Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting
In early March, Rafael Feijo de Lima, a CREWS postdoctoral researcher at the University of Montana working with the Upper Clark Fork River (UCFR) team, presented at the Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting.

New supplement opportunity for NSF EPSCoR Track-2 Projects
New Supplement opportunity for Track-2 Projects

CREWS student Riley Logan receives 2021 John Kiel Scholarship from SPIE
Riley Logan, a Ph.D. student at Montana State University working on the CREWS project, was awarded the 2021 John Kiel Scholarship from SPIE, an international society for optics and photonics

CREWS Commercialization Intern Highlight - Sheridan Johnson
Meet Sheridan Johnson, a participant in the 2021 CREWS Innovation and Commercialization Internship Program
Upcoming Events
MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT
SMART FIRES Year 3 All Hands Meeting
SMART FIRES will hold our year 3 all hands meeting on September 8-9, 2025.
MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT
SMART FIRES Year 3 All Hands Meeting
SMART FIRES will hold our year 3 all hands meeting on September 8-9, 2025.